We have been porting from v2.5.3 to v2.8.0. So far the only thing that we've had to change has been the board files, but one thing that was noticed is that the CONFIG_FLASH_LOAD_OFFSET offset we use, typically our value of 0xC000, is not being respected and the project is being located at hex 0x0000. This is going to prevent us from using v2.8.0 until it is resolved because we cannot use our NRF5 bootloader.
Has anyone else seen this issue so far?
Thank you for your answer. I have tried that method with the following changes in the Kconfig and Kconfig.defconfig, but it now only starts at 0x00001000 instead of the 0x0000C000 that I would have expected.
At the end of my prj.conf file I have this line.
CONFIG_FLASH_LOAD_OFFSET=0xC000
I'm definitely seeing it offset by 0x1000, but I have no idea where that is actually being set, it should be 0xC000 as best I can tell.
I have attached the Kconfig and Kconfig.defconfig in case I'm doing something obviously wrong. Both have had .txt added to the end to automatically show in the post, and the forum requires file extensions.
if BOARD_NRF52840
config BOARD_HAS_NRF5_BOOTLOADER
bool "Board has nRF5 bootloader"
default y
help
If selected, applications are linked so that they can be loaded by Nordic
nRF5 bootloader.
endif # BOARD_NRF52840
if BOARD_NRF52840
# To let the nRF5 bootloader load an application, the application
# must be linked after Nordic MBR, that is factory-programmed on the board.
# Nordic nRF5 bootloader exists outside of the partitions specified in the
# DTS file, so we manually override FLASH_LOAD_OFFSET to link the application
# correctly, after Nordic MBR.
# When building MCUBoot, MCUBoot itself will select USE_DT_CODE_PARTITION
# which will make it link into the correct partition specified in DTS file,
# the offset is applied here so that the full partition size can be used when
# the bootloader Kconfig option has been disabled.
config FLASH_LOAD_OFFSET
default 0xC000
depends on BOARD_HAS_NRF5_BOOTLOADER && (MCUBOOT || !USE_DT_CODE_PARTITION)
config BT_CTLR
default BT
endif # BOARD_NRF52840
